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27 Jun 2008, 12:13 am
The petition was filed on behalf of detainee Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, a UN mandate refugee from Somalia protected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 10:19 am
The United States and South Korea announced they have nearly completed deployment of the Terminal High-Altitude Aerial Defense (THAAD) system, the Times reported on Wednesday. [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 10:59 am
Several former national security, diplomatic, and immigration officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Secretary of Homeland Janet Napolitano, also submitted a brief criticizing the policy, as did the U.N. high commissioner for refugees. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 12:15 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi released a statement today alleging that there are “concrete indications of major violations of international law” at two refugee camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, according to Reuters. [read post]
15 Apr 2020, 2:40 pm
It establishes a summary immigration expulsion process that ignores the statutory regime governing border arrivals and disregards the protections and procedures mandated by the 1980 Refugee Act and Refugee Convention as well as the special safeguards for unaccompanied minors under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”). [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 8:33 pm
Having joined the UNESCO Secretariat in 1977, in 1980 he was appointed Director of the Liaison Office with the United Nations, Permanent Missions and United Nations departments in New York. [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 7:13 pm
The United Nations meanwhile expressed concern for the migrants’ treatment at the border, with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration issuing a joint statement calling on all UN member states to ensure the safety and human rights of migrants and refugees, and reminding the governments involved that “immediate and unhindered access” to provide humanitarian assistance to the migrants… [read post]
23 Sep 2023, 11:06 am
The rights groups and the UN Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) both invoke the non-refoulement principle under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 3:16 am
Last week,the Fourth Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons, and Related Transnational Crime brought together representatives from thirty-two Asian and Middle Eastern countries as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 6:00 am
On Dec. 3, 2018, the Security Council held an informal Arria Formula meeting on the “Situation of Persons with Disabilities in Armed Conflict” sponsored by Poland, in partnership with Côte d’Ivoire, Germany, Kuwait and Peru, and with the cooperation of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the International… [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 7:00 am
I completed my practical legal training at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and was admitted to practice as an Australian lawyer and registered on the Supreme Court of Victoria roll in 2013. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 12:00 am
Bush’s Commissioner of Immigration, President Clinton’s transition team on immigration, President Obama’s transition team on immigration, several foreign governments, and the Office of the UN High Commissioner on Refugees. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 10:36 am
” The assessment of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees is just as worrisome: Conflict and the displacement of civilians within Darfur, and to Chad, continue to hamper efforts to protect and assist the region’s 2.5 million IDPs, as well as some 45,000 Chadian refugees and more than 3,000 refugees from the Central African Republic. [read post]
1 Dec 2008, 11:03 am
High Commissioner for Refugees, and in various position in Rwanda and Afghanistan for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. [read post]
3 Mar 2021, 9:13 am
The United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is but one example. [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 12:16 pm
High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi reported on Wednesday that 1 million people have fled across the borders of Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion one week ago, reports NPR. [read post]
10 Dec 2016, 7:46 pm
High Commissioner for Human Rights proclaims: "There is no action that is too small: wherever you are, you can make a difference. [read post]
27 Apr 2024, 2:44 pm
Members of the Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency response group in Palestine, called on the United Nations and the international community to conduct an independent investigation of mass graves at Gaza’s Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals in a press conference on Thursday. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 9:52 am
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (2012); Acts of Resistance in Asylum Seekers’ Persecution Narratives, 40-54, in Immigrant Rights in the Shadows of United States Citizenship. [read post]
25 Oct 2021, 9:36 am
High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) office received reports of 450 cases alleging torture, mistreatment and illegal deprivation of liberty after the election of August 2020. [read post]
